The defendant confessed his participation in the crime at Ovčara

The confession of the defendant, Ivan Atanasijević, at the trial of 16 persons accused of war crime against prisoners of war committed at the Ovčara farm (Croatia) on 20 November 1991, before the War Crimes Chamber in Belgrade, is the first confession of guilt before a domestic court.


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Law on Police Must Not be Placed Above the Law on Free Access to Information

The Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) believes that the Law on Police is not contributing enough to establishing public control over the police work and that certain provisions of this law are confronting the Law on Free Access to Information. This is unacceptable since the Law on Free Access to Information is considered a special law and it has priority in comparison with the Law on Police.


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In connection with the police custody of the former Minister of Justice, Mr. Vladan Batić, the Humanitarian Law Center points to the necessity of respecting fully the rights of the suspect and of providing a complete impartiality of the operation of the judicial organs during the pre-trial investigations

In connection with the police custody of the former Minister of Justice, Mr. Vladan Batić, the Humanitarian Law Center points to the necessity of respecting fully the rights of the suspect and of providing a complete impartiality of the operation of the judicial organs during the pre-trial investigations.

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Political pressure on the judiciary

In regards to circumstances surrounding the arrest of former minister of Justice, Vladan Batić, and the lack of material evidence to prove that at the time of release of Nenad Jovanović from the central prison in Kruševac, on 7 June 2003 that certain abuse of authority occurred, the Humanitarian Law Center is of the opinion that the rejection of complaint against the court decision to remand in detention former Director of the Administration for the  Execution of Criminal Sanctions, Dragan Vulić, is a continuation of pressure of the executive authorities on the organs of the judiciary.


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